Dale Walkonen was an adjunct professor at Concordia College, Sacred Heart University and the College of New Rochelle. She is also a painter, mime, playwright, and environmentalist. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College (BA) and Boston University (MA). Her work has appeared in Slab, Eclipse, The Chaffin Journal, Primavera, and The Christian Science Monitor. Her chapbook, Journey, was a semifinalist in the 2008 Black River Chapbook Competition. Her full length play, Mayday! Mayday! received critical acclaim.